Source: Steve DeVane, FAYETTEVILLE OBSERVER, 7/14/16


An environmental group plans to continue legal efforts to make Duke Energy move coal ash from seven sites near rivers into lined landfills, its lawyer said Wednesday. A Duke Energy spokesman says the company wants to close the sites in a safe way, but wants the flexibility to shut them down in ways that don't disrupt the communities or raise customer rates if scientifically feasible.

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